Harrison v. Chesshir

The petitioner, Mrs. Anna Bell (Lay) Harrison, had before the Court of Civil Appeals points of error asserting that there was no evidence to support the findings of the jury made the basis of the judgment against her, and also points of error asserting that the findings were so against the overwhelming weight and degree of the evidence as to be manifestly wrong and unjust.

The Court of Civil Appeals, after reviewing only the evidence in support of the jury’s findings, overruled all such points under a rule of law stated by it as follows: “It is elementary law that if there be sufficient…